mancus

English

Noun

mancus (plural mancuses)

1. A gold coin used in Medieval Europe
2. An equivalent unit of monetary account

Synonyms

• mancosus

Anagrams

• Camuns, Cumans

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *man-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *man-. Cognates include Old Norse mund (“hand”) and Icelandic mund.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈman.kus/, [ˈmaŋ.kʊs]

Adjective

mancus (feminine manca, neuter mancum); first/second declension

1. maimed, crippled, infirm
2. defective, imperfect

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	mancus	manca	mancum		mancī	mancae	manca
genitive	mancī	mancae	mancī		mancōrum	mancārum	mancōrum
dative	mancō		mancō		mancīs
accusative	mancum	mancam	mancum		mancōs	mancās	manca
ablative	mancō	mancā	mancō		mancīs
vocative	mance	manca	mancum		mancī	mancae	manca

Derived terms

• Albanian: mënk
• Catalan: manc
• French: manchot, manque
• Italian: manco, manca

• Portuguese: manco
• Romanian: mânc
• Spanish: manco

References

• mancus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mancus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “mancus”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “mancus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)